Pima Community College has hired an interim boss for a campus recently left leaderless after two top officials were fired.

Gwendolyn G. Joseph,﻿ a former vice president of Kentucky’s community and technical college system, starts work Dec. 16 as interim president of PCC’s Downtown Campus at Speedway and North Stone Avenue.

She’ll earn about $172,000 a year under a contract that expires in mid-2014.

“Gwen has solid track record of thoughtful, executive-level academic leadership,” Chancellor Lee Lambert﻿ said in a news release Tuesday.

Joseph was one of two candidates interviewed for the post. The other was eliminated after PCC learned of his ethical problems at a previous employer.

Joseph worked for the Kentucky system from 2006 to 2011. Last year, she served as interim CEO and dean of a small Montana college and also spent three years as dean at a college in the Houston area.

Former Downtown Campus President Luba Chliwniak﻿ and Vice President Jerry Haynes﻿ were terminated in September in the wake of complaints about harassment and administrative turmoil on their watch.